Pat Eaton-Robb, Author at Valley News

Washington Mystics' Elena Delle Donne, right, celebrates a play with Ariel Atkins, left, and Natasha Cloud, center, during the second half in Game 4 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Connecticut Sun, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

WNBA Finals arrive at decisive Game 5

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterOctober 9, 2019

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The WNBA will crown a first-time champion Thursday night when the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics play the decisive Game 5 of the Finals.It’s a series that has had its share of drama. There is an injured superstar playing in…

Washington Mystics' Elena Delle Donne, center, passes the ball between Connecticut Sun's Shekinna Stricklen, left, and Alyssa Thomas, right, during the first half in Game 3 of basketball's WNBA Finals, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Mystics beat Sun to take 2-1 lead

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterOctober 6, 2019

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Connecticut linebacker Darrian Beavers (43) leads his team onto the field before the start of an NCAA college football game against Temple in East Hartford, Conn. UConn football is on the road to independence and the American Athletic Conference is not feeling any pressure to replace the Huskies when they leave for the Big East. The University of Connecticut is set to announce later this week that it will be leaving the AAC and re-joining the Big East, which does not sponsor football, in 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, File)

UConn officially rejoins Big East, but future of football program remains cloudy

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterJune 26, 2019

FILE - In this April 11, 2018, file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. Schools have been wrestling with how to balance discipline with treatment in their response to the soaring numbers of vaping students. Using e-cigarettes, often called vaping, has now overtaken smoking traditional cigarettes in popularity among students, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, one in five U.S. high school students reported vaping the previous month, according to a CDC survey. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Schools rethink vaping policies

by Pat Eaton-Robb Associated PressMay 26, 2019

Hartford Whalers Booster Club members, from left, Scott St. Laurent, Joanne Coressa and Dan Narvesen pose outside a Manchester, Conn., restaurant on Thursday, May 9, 2019, where they gathered to watch Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference playoff series between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Boston Bruins. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Whalers fans remember when Hurricanes called Connecticut home

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterMay 10, 2019

Vermont's Anthony Lamb, back, guards Florida State's Raiquan Gray during the first half of a first round men's college basketball game in the NCAA tournament, Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

FSU fends off UVM’s Cat attack

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterMarch 21, 2019

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, right, and trainer Janelle Francisco, left, look at Connecticut's Katie Lou Samuelson after a hard fall to the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

UConn faces questions heading into NCAAs

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterMarch 15, 2019

In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. In the track-and-field community in Connecticut, the dominance of Miller and Yearwood has stirred resentment among some competitors and their families. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

High School & Youth

Conn. runners in transgender debate

by Pat Eaton-Robb AP Sports WriterFebruary 24, 2019

In this Dec. 7, 2018 photo provided by the Diocese of Bridgeport, Eleanor Sauers sits inside Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Fairfield, Conn. Sauers, a lay woman, has been put in charge of the local parish months after the death of its priest. Her official title will be parish life coordinator and she takes the new position in January. Bishop Frank J. Caggiano has given her decision-making authority at the church, where a team of priests will say Mass and perform other ministerial duties. (Joe Pisani/Diocese of Bridgeport via AP)

Bishop Appoints Woman to Lead Connecticut Catholic Parish

by Pat Eaton-Robb Associated PressDecember 16, 2018

Inmate Anthony Plant holds a tablet that he checked out from corrections officer Glen Dinning, left, at the Corrections Transitional Work Center, a low risk security section at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, in Concord, N.H., Monday, July 23, 2018. Inmates across the country are getting access to technology via tablets in an effort to help their education, keep them connected to family and reduce noise and violence in prison. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Prisons Look to Tablets for Calm, Order

by Pat Eaton-Robb Associated PressJuly 24, 2018